Thread: Does this look okay? Any changes?

// Description: The user will enter a band and the computer will tell
// the user if the CD is in the library's records or not.

#include<fstream.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

int main()
{
// Declare variables
char band [80];
char cd_name [80];
int found;
ifstream infile;
found = 0;

cout << "Sheila Blakely\n";
cout << "Final 2002\n\n";
cout << "Music Library";

//Input from the user
cout << "Enter a singer or band name: ";
cin.get(band,80);
cin.ignore(80, '\n');
cout << '\n';

infile.open ("LIBRARY.TXT", ios::in);

if(infile)
{
do
{
infile.get(band, 80);
infile.ignore(80, '\n');
infile.get(cd_name, 80); infile.ignore (80, '\n');

if ((strcmp (title, desired_book)) == 0 )
{
found = 1;
break;
}

}
while (found != 1 && !infile.eof());
}
else
{
"An error occured while opening the file.\n";
}

infile.close();
if (found == 1)
{
cout << "The book title that you requested is in our inventory.\n";
cout << "***CD Information*** \n";
cout << '\n';
cout << "CD Title: " << title << '\n';
cout << "Band/Singer: " << band << '\n';
}
else
{
cout << "The band or singer you typed in must not be very good\n";
cout << "we don't waste time with bad music.\n";
}

return 0;
}

sorry, it should read like this


// Description: The user will enter a band and the computer will tell
// the user if the CD is in the library's records or not.

#include<fstream.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

int main()
{
// Declare variables
char band [80];
char cd_name [80];
int found;
ifstream infile;
found = 0;

cout << "Sheila Blakely\n";
cout << "Final 2002\n\n";
cout << "Music Library";

//Input from the user
cout << "Enter a singer or band name: ";
cin.get(band,80);
cin.ignore(80, '\n');
cout << '\n';

infile.open ("LIBRARY.TXT", ios::in);

if(infile)
{
do
{
infile.get(band, 80);
infile.ignore(80, '\n');
infile.get(cd_name, 80); infile.ignore (80, '\n');

if ((strcmp (cd_name, band)) == 0 )
{
found = 1;
break;
}

}
while (found != 1 && !infile.eof());
}
else
{
"An error occured while opening the file.\n";
}

infile.close();
if (found == 1)
{
cout << "The book title that you requested is in our inventory.\n";
cout << "***CD Information*** \n";
cout << '\n';
cout << "CD Title: " << cd_name << '\n';
cout << "Band/Singer: " << band << '\n';
}
else
{
cout << "The band or singer you typed in must not be very good\n";
cout << "we don't waste time with bad music.\n";
}

return 0;
}

looks good to me. does it work correctly? i am to lazy right now to compile it, but it looks fine.

oh and next time use [ CODE ] and [ /CODE ] tags (without the spaces) to make your code look pretty